Item

Button

Description

 

 

 

1

Left

Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.

2

Select

Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.

3

Right

Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.

 

 

During message scrolling:

 

 

• Press and hold the button to increase scrolling speed.

 

 

• Release the button to stop.

NOTE: The display will stop scrolling when the button is released. After 45 seconds of inactivity the display will start scrolling.

Home screen

The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system is in standby mode, the LCD backlight turns off after five minutes of inactivity if there are no error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right) to view the Home screen.

To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select the up arrow until the Home

icon is displayed, and then select the Home icon.

From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.

Setup menu

NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action.

Option

Description

iDRAC

Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected,

 

the available fields are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to

 

enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.

Set error

Select SEL to display LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI

 

description in the SEL. This is useful when trying to match an LCD message with an

 

SEL entry.

 

Select Simple to display LCD error messages in a simplified user-friendly

 

description. For more information on error messages, see the Dell Event and Error

 

Messages Reference Guide at dell.com/esmmanuals.

Set home

Select the default information to be displayed on the LCD Home screen. See View

 

menu to see the options and option items that can be set as the default on the

 

Home screen.

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Dell R730xd owner manual Home screen, Setup menu